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Achalasia

Acute coronary syndrome

Acute kidney injury

Acute liver failure

Addison's disease

Airplane ear

Alcohol intolerance

Alcohol poisoning

Alcohol use disorder

Alcoholic hepatitis (Alcohol-associated hepatitis)

Allergies

Alpha-gal syndrome

Amniotic fluid embolism

Anaphylaxis

Aneurysms

Angina

Anthrax

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea

Appendicitis

Appendix cancer

Ascariasis

Astrocytoma

Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT)

Autoimmune hepatitis

Bee sting

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

Bile reflux

Bird flu (avian influenza)

Blastocystis hominis

Botulism

Brain aneurysm

Brain tumor

Brainstem tumor

Burkitt lymphoma

C. difficile infection

Carbon monoxide poisoning

Carcinoid tumors

Cardiogenic shock

Castleman disease

Celiac disease

Chagas disease

Chest pain

Cholecystitis

Cholera

Choroid plexus carcinoma

Chronic daily headaches

Chronic granulomatous disease

Chronic kidney disease

Chronic sinusitis

Churg-Strauss syndrome

Cirrhosis

Concussion

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Constipation in children

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Craniopharyngioma

CSF leak (Cerebrospinal fluid leak)

Cyclic vomiting syndrome

Dengue fever

Diabetes insipidus

Diabetic coma

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Diabetic neuropathy

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Diffuse midline glioma (DMG)

Diverticulitis

Drug allergy

Dumping syndrome

Dysphagia

E. coli

Ear infection (middle ear)

Ectopic pregnancy

Egg allergy

Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis

Encephalitis

Endometriosis

Enlarged liver

Eosinophilic esophagitis

Esophagitis

Exercise headaches

Food allergy

Food poisoning (foodborne illness)

Functional dyspepsia

Gallbladder cancer

Gastritis

Gastroparesis

Giardia infection (giardiasis)

Glaucoma

Glioblastoma

Glioma

H1N1 flu (swine flu)

Hangovers

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Headaches in children

Heart attack

Heart failure

Heat exhaustion

Heatstroke

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection

Hemangioblastoma

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)

Hemophilia

Henoch-Schonlein purpura

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Hirschsprung's disease

Hydrocele

Hypercalcemia

Hyperglycemia in diabetes

Hyponatremia

Indigestion

Infant reflux

Intestinal ischemia

Intestinal obstruction

Intracranial hematoma

Intussusception

Jellyfish stings

Kawasaki disease

Kidney stones

Krabbe disease

Lactose intolerance

Lead poisoning

Legionnaires' disease

Listeria infection

Liver cancer

Liver disease

Liver hemangioma

Low blood pressure (hypotension)

Malaria

Mantle cell lymphoma

Marginal zone lymphoma

MCAD deficiency

Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS)

Medulloblastoma

Meningitis

Menstrual cramps

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Mesenteric lymphadenitis

Metastatic (stage 4) prostate cancer

Migraine

Milk allergy

Molar pregnancy

Morning sickness

Multiple myeloma

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)

Myocardial ischemia

Norovirus infection

Optic glioma

Orchitis

Orthostatic hypotension (postural hypotension)

Ovarian cancer

Ovarian cysts

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

Pancreatic cysts

Pancreatitis

Panic attacks and panic disorder

Parvovirus infection

Peanut allergy

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

Peptic ulcer

Peritoneal carcinomatosis

Peritonitis

Pilocytic astrocytoma

Pineal gland tumor

Pinworm infection

Pituitary tumors and adenomas

Plague

Polio

One of the most feared diseases of the 20th century, polio has been eradicated from the developed world but remains a threat in less developed nations.

Polymorphous light eruption

Porphyria

Postpartum preeclampsia

Preeclampsia

Pseudomembranous colitis

Pseudotumor cerebri (idiopathic intracranial hypertension)

Pyloric stenosis

Radiation sickness

Recurrent breast cancer

Reye's syndrome

Rotavirus

Ruptured eardrum (perforated eardrum)

Salmonella infection

Scarlet fever

Scarlet fever is a bacterial infection that causes a rash, fever and sore throat and usually affects children and adolescents.

Scrotal masses

Shaken baby syndrome

Shellfish allergy

Small bowel obstruction

Smallpox

Social anxiety disorder (social phobia)

Spider bites

Spinal headaches

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)

Staph infections

Stomach cancer

Strep throat

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Sudden cardiac arrest

Symptom Checker

Foot pain? Headache? Sore throat? Skin rash? Use the Symptom Checker to find out what's causing your symptom.

Tapeworm infection

Testicular torsion

Thunderclap headaches

Toxic hepatitis

Toxic shock syndrome

Traumatic brain injury

Traveler's diarrhea

Vascular rings

Vasovagal syncope

Ventricular fibrillation

Wheat allergy

Whooping cough

Wilson's disease

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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  4. Addison's disease
  5. Adrenal fatigue: What causes it?
  6. Airplane ear
  7. Alcohol intolerance
  8. Alcohol use disorder
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  13. Aneurysms
  14. Angina
  15. Anthrax
  16. Antibiotic-associated diarrhea
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  18. Aspirin allergy
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  21. Autoimmune hepatitis
  22. Beating Ovarian Cancer
  23. Bee sting
  24. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
  25. Bile reflux
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  27. Botulism
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  33. Burkitt lymphoma
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  35. Carbon monoxide poisoning
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  41. Chronic daily headaches
  42. Chronic granulomatous disease
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  45. Chronic sinusitis
  46. Churg-Strauss syndrome
  47. Cirrhosis
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  52. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
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  54. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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  65. Dengue fever
  66. Diabetic coma
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  69. Diabetic neuropathy
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  75. Diverticulitis
  76. Dumping syndrome
  77. E. coli
  78. Ear infection (middle ear)
  79. Ectopic pregnancy
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  81. Egg allergy
  82. Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis
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  92. Food poisoning (foodborne illness)
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  95. Gallbladder polyps: Can they be cancerous?
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  97. Giardia infection (giardiasis)
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